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Mar 12, 2017, 10:00 PM

Jewish fighters in the North African desert during World War II

England’s empire at the start of World War II consisted of the Commonwealth, dominions, colonies and mandated territories such as Palestine and Transjordan. One quarter of the world’s population was part of her empire and covered over 30% of...

Mar 5, 2017, 9:31 PM

Movie Review: Hacksaw Ridge

"While everyone is taking life, I will be saving it" The advancement of technology in the movie industry the last 20 years enables audiences to hear and see difficult and threatening scenes that could provoke all kinds of emotions from...

Mar 3, 2017, 12:00 AM

Not all Democrats have a problem with Jews

Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York State, in an address to an Orthodox Jewish audience the other day, said he would take a trip to Israel in support of Jews and the Jewish community and in response to the...

Feb 20, 2017, 1:13 AM

Can Jews help Germany with its Islamic problem?

Gatestone institute has published a day by day account of the problems of Muslim immigration in the first month of 2017. Here is the article if you want to read it for yourself. Since late 2014, the government of Angela...

Jan 5, 2017, 8:31 PM

Those of you who know me and are reading this know that I am not an overly religious person, but I do adhere to certain basic rules of Kashrut. I don’t eat pork or any pork products, never put...

Nov 25, 2016, 9:24 PM

One night I couldn’t sleep. So, I turned on the light and the tv and went to my Netflix page and looked for something to watch. I came upon this documentary called “13th”. “13th” referring to the 13th amendment to...

Sep 7, 2016, 7:42 PM

Movie Review: Septembers of Shiraz

In 1979, the world changed for the worst. Shi’ite Muslims in Iran over threw their government to install the first Jihad prone government in the Muslim world. Most westerners, American and otherwise had never heard the word Jihad before....

May 13, 2016, 8:02 AM

Review: The Lion’s Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War

Avi Shlaim a Marxist historian at Oxford in England has said about the 1948 Israel War of Independence, one of his favorite writing subjects: <<<<<<<<Most of the voluminous literature on the war was written not by professional historians but by...

Apr 10, 2016, 8:28 PM

The Difference Between Trump and Cruz on Israel

If you are both an Israel supporter and supporter of Donald Trump then you need to read this article. While Ted Cruz and Donald Trump fight each other for the Republican nomination in July and while they are alike in...

Mar 29, 2016, 7:15 AM

Book Review: Start up Nation

“The two real fathers of Israeli hi-tech are the Arab boycott and Charles De Gaulle, because they forced on us the need to go and develop an industry.” -- Yossi Vardi, owner of dozens of Israeli startups. “Start-up Nation” is...

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Larry Hart has been writing and commenting on Jewish issues since 1985. His body is in the U.S., but his heart is in Israel.